Titan Tire Corp. v. Employment Appeal Board

TERNUS, Justice.

In this appeal, we must decide whether the appellee, Employment Appeal Board, correctly determined that striking workers of appellant, Titan Tire Corporation, were eligible for unemployment benefits. Although striking employees are normally disqualified from receiving benefits, see Iowa Code § 96.5(4) (1997), the agency determined that Titan Tire had severed its employment relationship with the strikers, ending their disqualification. This determination rested on the agency’s findings that the employer had, to some extent, permanently replaced its striking workforce and had…